firehole

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opening fitted with a door, giving access to the firebox of a steam locomotive, through which coal can be shovelled and the fire tended.
    — The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory.

词形变化

fireholes plural

词源

From fire + hole.
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